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Amphibians & Reptiles

The Division houses one of the six largest US herpetological collections (over 290,000 specimens in 278,000 catalog entries). The collection is a research resource for the scientific community with a rich history. Worldwide in scope, it includes fluid-preserved specimens, skeletons, cleared & stained preparations, tissue samples, and histology slides. The collection database is accessible online on the Field Museum website and through HerpNET and GBIF. Specimen/tissue loan policies and a guide to visiting the collection are available. The Karl P. Schmidt Memorial Herpetological Library contains over 2,000 books and an extensive reprint collection. In 2005, the entire collection except the Schmidt Library was moved to the underground Collections Resource Center.

Amphibians & Reptiles Collections

The collection database contains over 278,000 catalog records as of April 2011. The online collection database has fewer catalog records and is not current to 2011. Migration to a new database platform within the next few months will allow online access to all catalog records. The catalog records indicate the nature and extent of our collection but should not be treated as primary data.